Reply To: FFG pulls the plug on Android: Netrunner

[motioninpoetryParticipant 1704xp 0]

yeah, the main mechanics were basically unchanged since the original game from 1996, so a direct copy would be … legally problematic 😛 as they had to pay for the license to use those mechanics before …

what FFG did, was layer those mechanics over the existing ideas in their own Android franchise of games, so 99% of the theme is owned by FFG, outside of terms like Icebreaker, so it wouldn’t be too difficult to make a new game about hacking, as WOTC didn’t invent hacking 😛 they would just have to use something with different mechanics 🙂 the question of if they could do it as a LCG is another question entirely though …

here’s some pics of the original to show what it looked like

programs, icebreakers :

https://cf.geekdo-images.com/large/img/0ivf1wCtaYFSrn1_F_m_O1zcVKA=/fit-in/1024×1024/filters:no_upscale()/pic192099.jpg

ice :

https://cf.geekdo-images.com/large/img/w8WitztRqHo6P-UEcP5bP69-lB4=/fit-in/1024×1024/filters:no_upscale()/pic171267.jpg

agendas :

https://cf.geekdo-images.com/large/img/n_lRX9nQrUjX-J8HseoQZp9C9tE=/fit-in/1024×1024/filters:no_upscale()/pic171269.jpg